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Does Dell make its own motherboards?
Lem wrote:
Do all Dell PCs (for the UK market) come with Dell's own motherboards? I am thinking of getting a Dell but I don't want to find that it uses a Dell proprietary motherboard that may have little technical data available. ISTR hearing that Dell used a non-standad wiring on the 20 or 24 pin mobo power connector. And I imagine there may be several other Dell quirks. They don't make their own boards, but they do have boards made for them (usually by Intel) to their specs. I don't think they do the nonstandard power connector anymore, but they do still do the nonstandard front panel controls connector. Also, some boards have had a somewhat nonstandard shape which may prevent replacing with a standard ATX board. Essentially, don't count on being able to change out the motherboard in the original case.. -- Robert Hancock Saskatoon, SK, Canada To email, remove "nospam" from Home Page: http://www.roberthancock.com/ |
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Lem wrote:
Do all Dell PCs (for the UK market) come with Dell's own motherboards? I am thinking of getting a Dell but I don't want to find that it uses a Dell proprietary motherboard that may have little technical data available. ISTR hearing that Dell used a non-standad wiring on the 20 or 24 pin mobo power connector. And I imagine there may be several other Dell quirks. most every stupid branded maker has proprietry hardware. Get a clone. |
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"Gordon Scott" wrote in message ... Lem wrote: Do all Dell PCs (for the UK market) come with Dell's own motherboards? I am thinking of getting a Dell but I don't want to find that it uses a Dell proprietary motherboard that may have little technical data available. ISTR hearing that Dell used a non-standad wiring on the 20 or 24 pin mobo power connector. And I imagine there may be several other Dell quirks. most every stupid branded maker has proprietry hardware. Get a clone. A company called Hon Hai makes them in China |
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"Lem" wrote in message ... Do all Dell PCs (for the UK market) come with Dell's own motherboards? I am thinking of getting a Dell but I don't want to find that it uses a Dell proprietary motherboard that may have little technical data available. ISTR hearing that Dell used a non-standad wiring on the 20 or 24 pin mobo power connector. And I imagine there may be several other Dell quirks. If your ever considering "looking under the bonnet", or peeking at the BIOS - don't do Dell! Pete |
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Anybody that buys a brand name computer is an idiot.
Build it yourself using good brand name hardware and build it the way you want it. You will be very pleased with the results. |
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Dell uses PROPRIETARY motherboards. They are NOT standard.
-- DaveW "Lem" wrote in message ... Do all Dell PCs (for the UK market) come with Dell's own motherboards? I am thinking of getting a Dell but I don't want to find that it uses a Dell proprietary motherboard that may have little technical data available. ISTR hearing that Dell used a non-standad wiring on the 20 or 24 pin mobo power connector. And I imagine there may be several other Dell quirks. |
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Dell does not make its own motherboards. But they are made to its specifications. "Lem" a écrit dans le message de news: ... Do all Dell PCs (for the UK market) come with Dell's own motherboards? I am thinking of getting a Dell but I don't want to find that it uses a Dell proprietary motherboard that may have little technical data available. ISTR hearing that Dell used a non-standad wiring on the 20 or 24 pin mobo power connector. And I imagine there may be several other Dell quirks. |
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FG wrote:
Dell does not make its own motherboards. But they are made to its specifications. But there's a range of possibilities in that statement. Any OEM of any significance has motherboards (and other hardware) "made to its own specifications" but in many cases that simply means they take the vendor's (say Intel's) spec. and incorporate it as their own. They then order parts to this (their own) spec. The advantage for the OEM is that it freezes the vendor's spec for the board so that they can't make subsequent changes without the knowledge and agreement (by a corresponding spec change) of the oem. This is a very common practice amongst oems in all industries. In other cases, large oem's do the whole design job in house, and have someone make it for them (or make it themselves). |
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Robert Hancock wrote:
Lem wrote: Do all Dell PCs (for the UK market) come with Dell's own motherboards? I am thinking of getting a Dell but I don't want to find that it uses a Dell proprietary motherboard that may have little technical data available. ISTR hearing that Dell used a non-standad wiring on the 20 or 24 pin mobo power connector. And I imagine there may be several other Dell quirks. They don't make their own boards, but they do have boards made for them (usually by Intel) Intel hasn't made a motherboard for about 6 years now ! There was a big hubbub in the IT/tech news about it at the time - how could everyone have forgotten already ? to their specs. I don't think they do the nonstandard power connector anymore, but they do still do the nonstandard front panel controls connector. Also, some boards have had a somewhat nonstandard shape which may prevent replacing with a standard ATX board. Essentially, don't count on being able to change out the motherboard in the original case.. |
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On Tue, 04 Jan 2005 02:05:17 GMT, Rob Stow wrote:
Robert Hancock wrote: Lem wrote: Do all Dell PCs (for the UK market) come with Dell's own motherboards? I am thinking of getting a Dell but I don't want to find that it uses a Dell proprietary motherboard that may have little technical data available. ISTR hearing that Dell used a non-standad wiring on the 20 or 24 pin mobo power connector. And I imagine there may be several other Dell quirks. They don't make their own boards, but they do have boards made for them (usually by Intel) Intel hasn't made a motherboard for about 6 years now ! Really? So these two dual-Prestonia/Lindenhurst server boards that we got from Intel (one is a "Roadrunner" and the other is a "Coyote") don't actually exist? Wow - that's a scary reality! ;-) There was a big hubbub in the IT/tech news about it at the time - how could everyone have forgotten already ? Possibly because it wasn't true? /daytripper |
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